title: Modern imaging techniques: which--when--why?
abstract: Within the last decade, the technological development improved the diagnostic work-up of small bowel diseases. In addition to abdominal ultrasound and radiological methods, the importance of endoscopy is increasing. Nowadays, five nonsurgical flexible endoscopy techniques are available for small bowel endoscopy: push enteroscopy and balloon-guided enteroscopy for evaluation of the proximal small bowel, balloon-assisted enteroscopy using two balloons (double-balloon enteroscopy) or one balloon (single-balloon enteroscopy), and spiral enteroscopy for evaluation of the deep small bowel. Intraoperative enteroscopy has become a reserve method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine II, HSK Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany. andrea.may@hsk-wiesbaden.de
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: May
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis